Our cute little green house had been getting pretty crowded lately. We slowly started entertaining the thought of 'one day' getting a bigger place. But both for our personal finances, as well as the slow real estate market, we thought it best to bide our time and sit tight where we are.
Just the past few weeks though, things have started getting a life of their own. We didn't really move forward with the specific intention of moving as soon as possible or anything. It started by looking at a darling little house for sale by owner close to ours. More out of interest and curiosity, and the thought that sure, if this house was a total perfect fit, we'd start to look more seriously at our options.
Thing is, it WAS cute and had potential to be a good fit for us. But before we did anything, there was a house down by Layla's school I had been eyeing for a couple months that I wanted to see the inside of before we made any decisions.
That meant calling a realtor to get access to check it out... And from there the ball started rolling... And we were suddenly in the midst of house hunting.
Funny how things like that happen!
Well, looooong story short, we tried to get the house by Layla's school.
It didn't work out.
We were super bummed.
Daniel and I both likened it to a break up. You're so disappointed and you feel like all your hopes and dreams are shattered and there will never be another one that can compare to the one that slipped through your fingers.
It's funny, because Daniel and I were both super pumped after we found each other that we'd never have to feel that way again, and yet here we were totally funked out over a house.
But then came Willow.
We'd passed her by before and brushed her aside without really getting to know her.
We took her unglamorous exterior as a sign that she offered nothing more.
Little did we know this was going to be a slow burn. We started giving her double looks online. Drove past again more slowly over the weekend to get a better look.
By Monday when we went to officially meet her, we were nervous and excited at the potential that this could really be 'the one'.
It was quickly apparent from the walk through, with our scared nervous smiles, this could really be something great for us.
We felt like keeping our options open, and continued seeing a couple other girls, but they could never compare to Willow. No one else was good enough. No one else was pretty enough. Others were too high maintenance.
So we returned to Willow.
Just walking back up the steps, Daniel sighed out a "yup".
We'd found our match.
But we'd been burned before. So we've tried to hide our excitement. Not get too caught up in it all.
But the day is coming. Today we should finish our financing. This evening is the inspection.
Could it really be happening?
Here's a picture of the pretty lady when I was stalking her on a late night walk with Lewis.
I know she looks a little plain, but she's got great personality!
